Exercise Sky Shield II enables further interoperability training between USA, France and Qatar
Aviation Report 16/03/2021 Rafale combat aircraft (@ U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Harrison)
Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, 380th AEW, 332nd AEW, Qatar Emiri Air Force and French Air Force participated in Exercise Sky Shield II at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 1-3, 2021.
The exercise allowed members from all three coalition nations to practice air-to-air refueling with members from the 380th AEW while continuing to work on the Defensive Counter-Air Combat Patrol (DCA CAP) procedures learned in the first exercise conducted in December of 2020.
